St John‘s College Personal Collections

Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/59/1
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25 Oct. 1848

Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 2/32/1
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7 Feb. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Ways of spending £2000 of Sheepshanks grant: Transit Circle, Chronographic apparatus, central clock, telegraph wires. See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 16 Jan.1862.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to G.H. Darwin

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/46/1
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14 Dec. 1889

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

[Observatory] Syndicate neglected to audit the accounts of the Sheepshanks Fund at their last meeting, as they should have done.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/10/1
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15 Sep. 1849 (No year given: 1849 suggested by transcriber.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Mass of Uranus. Schumacher's letter. Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/10/2
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16 Oct. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. Papers for Monthly Notices of RAS. Politics. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/10/3
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29 Nov. 1851 (No year given: 1851 suggested by transcriber.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. New accomodation for the Royal Society. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/11/1
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30 Mar. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Printing of address to the RAS. Printing of Catton's observations. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/11/2
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1 May 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

RAS Council business. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/11/3
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6 Dec. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/12/1
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9 Dec. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. Introduction to Lunar Parallax tables nearly complete. Plan for removal of RAS to Kensington. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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